Funding Outside of Cambridge
 

This page contains information regarding funding available outside of Cambridge. Some of the fellowships and prizes listed below are for use outside of Cambridge; others can be used at the University. This list will continue to expand throughout the coming year. If you are aware of a particular source of funding that you believe should be linked to from this page, please send us the web address via our Comments form (available from the menu above).

The University Reporter's Awards and Prizes issue has some information on funding bodies outside the University, but extensive browsing is required to uncover funding available for medievalists.


Huntington Library Fellowships
The Huntington Library is located in San Marino, California, and has an impressive collection of medieval manuscripts and early printed material. If there is material at the Huntington that you wish to examine for the purposes of your dissertation or other work, you may wish to apply for either a Huntington Fellowship ($2,000 per month for 1-5 months) or a W.M. Keck Fellowship ($2,300 per month for 1-5 months). Other fellowships and grants are also available.
 
Medieval Academy Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
The Medieval Academy offers fellowships and grants for graduate students engaged in medieval studies. In order to be eligible for most of them, however, you must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada and you must be a member of the Medieval Academy for a certain length of time before applying for funding.
 
The Rome Prize
The American Academy in Rome is a centre that sustains independent artistic pursuits and humanistic studies. Each year, through a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to 15 emerging artists (working in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Design, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Literature, Musical Composition, or Visual Arts) and 15 scholars (working in Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and early Modern, or Modern Italian Studies). The application deadline is November 1st. Rome Prize fellowships are designed for emerging artists and for scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers. In the case of scholars, preference will be given to applicants for whom research time in Italy, and especially in the city of Rome, is essential, and who have not had extensive prior experience there. The Academy also offers a variety of opportunities for advanced scholars and artists. These include endowed residencies in the same fields as those in which the Rome Prize is awarded and a program for visiting artists and scholars. You must be a US citizen in order to be eligible for the Rome Prize.
 
*NEW*Anglo-Latin texts and language across the Norman Conquest
A new, funded PhD studentship, for study from September 2005 onwards, will be of interest to Anglo-Saxonists. The studentship is available to applicants who have UK and EU nationality, and covers the cost of tuition fees, a maintenance grant of £12,000 per year, and a contribution towards research expenses. The project title is 'Anglo-Latin texts and language across the Norman Conquest', and the co-supervisors are Dr Mary Swan of the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds (where the student will be based) and Dr Philip Shaw of the Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Sheffield. The closing date for receipt of applications is 18 May 2005, and further details, including application forms, are available here.
 
 

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